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trundle

1. a small wheel or roller
2. 
a. the pinion of a lantern
b. any of the bars in a lantern pinion
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Alderman was quoted as saying before this summer's Ashes series: "Giles is just a trundler who bowls negatively.
Lee, hardly a Trundler but certainly a one-time part-timer, used to play against my club Gateshead in the Conference for both Stalybridge Celtic and Southport and also performed for Burscough, Chorley, and Bamber Bridge before getting his late break in the Football League with Wrexham.
Or Euro 96 when, after the heartbreak of a 2-0 loss to England when Gary McAllister saw a penalty saved with the opportunity to make it 1-1, Scotland were then put out on goals scored - points and goal difference being equal - when Patrick Kluivert's late consolation trundler through David Seaman's legs squeezed the Dutch through despite being on the end of a 4-1 drubbing to the hosts.
Green let a tame trundler from USA's Clint Dempsey bobble over the line in England's first World Cup group game in South Africa (above).
McNeil didn't cover himself in glory as Craigen's trundler hit a divot and made the keeper look silly.
You'll be buying a neat-handling, smooth-riding town trundler that can return 55mpg and looks truly distinctive.
Trundler It was the other way round for Shahzad, who looked like a pub-team trundler from the Stretford End but Malcolm Marshall when he switched, showing Jimmy Anderson how to bowl reverse swing and get rid of the tail.
Earlier, tidy spells from veteran trundler Paul Henderson (2-16) and left arm spinner Dan Vernon (2-32) restricted Division Two Bridgnorth to 151-5 from their 40 overs.
"The others were of the trundler variety and you would expect him to save those.
Langer (117, 131 balls, 11 fours, three sixes) remained to record his third century in all competitions this season before part-time trundler Mitchell, who had been gently milked prior to being carted by the Australian, fortuitously claimed his wicket when Hick saved another six by catching him at deep mid-off.
Timperley were bowled out for 143, Birley himself taking 3-22 and Chris Stenhouse 3-38, while 62-year-old trundler Mike Fell claimed an admirable 2-17 off seven tight overs in the heat.
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